READY IN 2½ hrs

Garlic Herb Beer Butt Chicken

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"This is the easiest, juiciest, most flavorful chicken you will ever make!" — Berube24

Directions

Rinse chickens and pat dry inside and out with paper towels. Rub skin of chickens with 1/4 cup softened butter. Mix paprika, garlic powder, and black pepper in a small bowl and sprinkle chickens with about half the seasoning mix. Reserve remaining seasonings for later step.
Make a small hole in the skin between the breast and leg of each chicken; use your finger to loosen breast skin and push 1 or 2 cloves of garlic beneath the breast skin. Place parsley, oregano, and thyme in the cavity of each chicken. Let the chickens marinate 1 hour, or up to overnight refrigerated.
Preheat grill for low heat and lightly oil the grate.
Place 2 garlic cloves into each partially full can of beer and remove herbs from chicken cavities; stuff the herbs into the beer cans. Spray each chicken with cooking spray and sit the chickens up on the beer cans, inserting cans into the cavities to hold chickens upright.
Place a large section of aluminum foil on grill; stand chickens up on the foil. Baste chickens with 1/4 cup melted butter and sprinkle with remaining seasoning mix.
Grill chickens until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into a thigh of each bird reads 180 degrees F (80 degrees C), about 2 hours.

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PREP 30 mins
COOK 2 hrs
READY IN 2 hrs 30 mins

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Jun 27, 2012

The best thing about any beer can chicken is how moist and tender the meat is - this is no exception. The absence of salt was very noticeable - this really needed a nice sprinkling of kosher salt over the skin. On the grill or in the oven I place the chicken is a heavy metal baking pan. The drippings make a wonderful gravy and all the rendered chicken fat doesn't total the grill.

—Baking Nana

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Jul 03, 2012

This chicken was phenomenal~ After adding salt! Instead of garlic powder, I used garlic salt. I also used minced garlic under the skin since I didn't have any garlic cloves, and put some of the minced garlic in the can of beer. We put our chicken on a foil lined cookie sheet and placed on indirect heat on the grill. Our chicken was a 5 pounder, we did 1 1/2 hours at 300 degrees, then cranked it to 400 for about 45 min. The chicken came out super moist with crispy golden skin! We will definitely be making this again!!!

—arich01

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3 Ratings

Jan 17, 2013

I have been searching for a low sodium beer can chix recipe. Some ppl can't or shouldn't have the salt. The others can put it on their plate. Thank you Berube24. I also substituted butter for Canola Oil. Mighty Tasty!

—Becky

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Nutrition

Calories
436 kcal
22%

Carbohydrates
3.7 g
1%

Cholesterol
137 mg
46%

Fat
27.3 g
42%

Fiber
0.6 g
2%

Protein
39 g
78%

Sodium
161 mg
6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional Information

Garlic Herb Beer Butt Chicken

Serving Size: 1/16 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 16
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 436
Calories from Fat: 246

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 27.3g 42 %
** Saturated Fat 9.6g 48 %
** Cholesterol 137mg 46 %
Sodium 161mg 6 %
** Potassium 400mg 11 %
Total Carbohydrates 3.7g 1 %
** Dietary Fiber 0.6g 2 %
Protein 39g 78 %
** Sugars 0.4g
Vitamin A 17 %
Vitamin C 6 %
Calcium 4 %
** Iron 24 %
** Thiamin 11 %
** Niacin 95 %
** Vitamin B6 42 %
** Magnesium 14 %
** Folate 7 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.